The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-09
Superior to the High School Pupil.

ual training school is good thing In theory,
Now let US see to what extent it is good in
practice.
We have, before us, statement Of a
school OF this kind located in Chicago.
\ The Manual Training School is not con.
Quoted on free principle. A tuition fee ia
charged for each student with the exception
of twenty pupils admitted this year, the fee
is paid individually. Three years study is
necessary to complete the course. OF the
'eventy-two who entered the first JUNO.
class, tweuty.seven remained to grsduater
Ninety eight entered the junior class last
September. None under IA years of age are
admitted. No candidates are admitted 10
the school who Co.. -"es q lair axamina-
tion in the ordLaIy a-,nsn subjects. A boy
must have too, certincate Of good moral
aracter from some responsible rerson 7 he
p nalty Of any impropriety in conduct is d.
mi .sal from the school
The first manual work boy does when he
begius the course Is In the wood room. There
he learns various branches of the carpenters
tiade, joinery, wood turning, and pattern
making. Helearus not only the use oftools
but their proper care. Each boy furnished
his own kit and his own tool drawer. Extra
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tools are supplied if needed, but the student
is made responsible for them. Recently tue
boys were at work on picture frames, tables,
hammer handles and the woods parts of
other tools. In tie second year the pupil ls
put in the foundry and blacksmith shop. No
better hammers and screw divers can be
fund in Chicago than are made by the lads.
the most expert workman can put out no
smoother pieces Of casting than some they
show. In the senior year the students get
into the maohiue shop. By that time they
are able to make and pnt together steam
engine. Three were constructed in the
school last year, and three will be made this.
Tho work of making an engine begins in
the drawing room. EVelp stroke Of the PEN
ell is made by actual measurement even
the drawing Of bolt-tead. The scholars
draw the plans for the patterns and then
make the patterns.
The wood room contains thirty-nine cabi-
net makers benches, twenty -four speed
lathes, a circular saw, scroll saw, boring
machine. psner, grindstone, shoot plane,
bench lathe, and general tools sufficient for
the use Of nnety-six buys. In the foundry
are two furnaces, crucibles, troughs, TASKS,
trowels, rammers, sieves, and other appars-
In the forge they can get smut on their faces
together, too, at the same time. There are
twenty-four furges, twenty-three anvils, one
emery wheel, one shears, three vises, one
blower, two exhaust fans, tOngs, sledges.
hammers, fullers, and all the other tools re-
quiied to transform clean skinned youths in
to the sootiest of blacksmiths.
The machine shop has seven 12-Dch, g foot
bed engine lathes. There is also an engine
lathe with 16-inoh swing and foot bed.
There are two speed latheS, plauer with 8
foot bed, shaper, drill grindstone, fifteen
benches, fifteen yises, chuoks, boring bars
taps, dies chso's, files and other tools
rough for SO amateur machlnists.
Tue boy gees through a three years course
n this training school not only attains intel
ectual development but gains comprehen.
sion of essential branches OF knowledge far
superior to those of the high school pupil. So
who desire to pursue higher grade OF edu-
cation are admitted, on recommendation of
the directors, without examination and free
of conditions TO several of the colleges and
universities of mechanics and engineering in
the Unit,d States.
Que of the teachers at this Chicago school
said:
"PrUf. r. H. ThurstGn of Sbley College,
Cornell, University, wrote to me recently
that if we could send him as good specimens
of boy development as we have already for
waided, they'd be glad to get them. The
The professor of mechanical engineering at
Perdue University, Lafayette, Tnd.. also
wrote to me about one of our graduates who
is there; If you can send us any more boys
like this one, he says, I'VE shall be mighty
glad to get them believe we have struck
the key note for the practical education OF
boys in the system of the Manual Training
School. 1t embodes at once the education
of the baud to skills aud the brain to direct
i've intelligence. There come the boys
down to lunch. Their dining room is in the
basement. They have made ell the tables
themselves.
The Registration Bill.
We consider the Registration bill present
ed Tuesday last by delegation OF the Will